Guillain-Barre´ syndrome as an atypical manifestation of an esophageal carcinoma
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : T. Zilli • A. S. Allal
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Guillain-Barre´ syndrome (GBS) is an acute demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy normally associated with a preceding infection, but sometimes it can be linked to a subjacent malignancy. We report an unusual case of GBS occurring as the first clinical manifestation of an esophageal adenocarcinoma in a 65-year-old patient. A GBS neuropathy of undetermined origin may be associated with an underlying tumor and esophageal cancer has to be considered in the differential diagnosis.
Neurol Sci (2011) 32:151–153 DOI 10.1007/s10072-010-0363-9 Received: 15 June 2009 / Accepted: 22 June 2010 / Published online: 17 July 2010
